Fair Trade Judaica (FTJ)

Fair Trade Judaica promotes fair trade as a Jewish value through educating the Jewish community, and expanding the production, distribution, and sale of fair trade Judaica products. We envision a world in which Jewish consumers recognize fair trade as an expression of core Jewish values, seek out fair trade Judaica products, and use their purchasing power to support thriving communities of artisans around the world.

Mission and Strategy

Fair Trade Judaica is building a fair trade movement in the Jewish community, linking Jewish values of human dignity, self-sufficiency, and environmental sustainability with fair trade standards assuring fair and livable wages, no child labor, healthy and safe working conditions. We accomplish this through outreach/education, and expanding the production, distribution, and sale of Fair Trade Judaica products.

Watch this 3-minute video about Fair Trade Judaica’s work, meet many of the farmers and artisans and the products they create for us.

Our thanks to Ralph Guggenheim and Alligator Planet for producing the video.

Our Long term Vision

We envision a world where Jewish consumers recognize fair trade as an expression of core Jewish values, seek out fair trade products, and use our purchasing power to build thriving communities of artisans and farmers around the world.

Our Work is Guided by these Values:

Tzedakah: Supporting artisans, their families and communities to become self-sufficient

Tikkun Olam: Using our power as Jewish consumers to create a more just trade system

Community: Creating a FTJ movement in the Jewish community, and building connections between consumers and artisans in support of fair trade

Integrity: Expressing transparency as an organization and treating producers with respect

Fair Trade Judaica's website would never have happened without three extraordinary people:Lisa K. Chanoff, whose generous donation made the project possible,Dean MacDonald who captured our essence with his brilliant logo and artistic influence, andAaron Hodge Silver who took our ideas and built a website we can grow into for a long time to come.